(a) The purposes of this chapter are to promote the general health, safety and welfare of the residents of the Village by organizing and consolidating the existing sign regulations; and modifying existing standards, as necessary, to assure that all current issues related to signs are addressed. More specifically, the purposes are to:
(1) Promote and protect property values in each of the districts.
(2) Provide reasonable and appropriate conditions for identifying goods sold or produced or services rendered in business and industrial districts.
(3) Control the size, location and design so that the appearance of permanent signs will be aesthetically harmonious with their surroundings.
(4) Eliminate any conflict which would be hazardous between privately erected signs and traffic control signs and devices.
(5) Provide review procedures which enable the Village to comprehensively evaluate the appropriateness of the sign to the site, building and surroundings.
(6) Assure that signs are located and designed to maintain a safe and orderly pedestrian and vehicular environment.
(b) In establishing these purposes, the Village of Boston Heights has determined that signs which do not comply with these regulations as to type, size, location, design standards and a limitation on the number of signs in the Village, are a public nuisance. Furthermore, the appearance of the Village is marred by an excessive number of oversized and poorly designed signs, and both residential and business property values are adversely affected, and that unregulated signs are unduly distracting to motorists and pedestrians, and thereby create a traffic hazard and reduce the effectiveness of signs needed to direct the public.
(Ord. 2016-3-2. Passed 5-10-16.)